Monument record 0122200000 - BASSETSBURY MANOR

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval documentary history of Bassetsbury Manor

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  • MANOR (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

IN 1171 THOMAS BASSET APPEARS TO HAVE OBTAINED A LIFE GRANT OF WYCOMBE MANOR. IN 1203 MANOR SPLIT - ALAN BASSET RECEIVED PERMANENT GRANT OF PART, HELD OF THE HONOUR OF WALLINGFORD. REVERTED TO CROWN IN 1326 ON EXECUTION OF HUGH LE DESPENSER. FROM 1437 KNOWN AS BASSETSBURY. TO 1483 DUCHY OF LANCASTER THEN DEAN & CANONS, ST GEORGE'S, WINDSOR (B1).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp116,123-124.
  • <2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp202-203.
  • <3>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire.
  • <4>SBC10421 Map: OS 1961 1:10560 MAP.
  • <5>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
  • <6>SBC19114 Unpublished document: Michael Farley Archaeology. 1998. Bassetbury Manor, High Wycombe: A Watching Brief: December 1998.
  • <7>SBC24255 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2012. Basstesbury Manor, High Wycombe: An archaeological desk-based assessment.
  • <8>SBC24386 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Service. 2013. Bassetsbury Manor, High Wycombe: Archaeological Evaluation.
  • <9>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.

Location

Grid reference SU 87660 92380 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 5 2024 5:02PM

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